Which to use
“looping” is a noun and “losing” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,614
- “looping” frequency rank
- #1,487
- “losing” frequency rank
- 30101
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | looping | losing |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The running together of ore into a mass, when the ore is only heated for calcination. | present participle and gerund of lose |
Letter map: looping vs losing
Shared letters muted; letters that set looping and losing apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Role in the sentence - looping and losing
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: looping is anoun and losingaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30101, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
looping is recorded at frequency rank #28,614, classified as anoun. losing is at rank #1,487, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈluːzɪŋ/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 30101, this pair ranks #357,362 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of looping vs losing
Shared letters: gilno. Private to "looping": p. Private to "losing": s.
"looping" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC · "losing" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "looping" for "losing" ever safe?
Frequency check: "looping" vs "losing" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "looping" and "losing". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "looping" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "losing" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #357,362 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "looping" and "losing" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "looping vs loring". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #357,362 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.